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Guardians of Grace

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Podcast Overview

GUARDING The GRACE That Was Entrusted To The Apostles.

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10/8/2020

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June 18, 2026

Born of Wind: Why 'Saved' Isn't the Same as 'Born Again'

Welcome into a night conversation that changes everything. In this episode Steve Lennart throws down a bold challenge: the words "saved" and "born again" are not interchangeable. As he unpacks John 3 and walks us beside Nicodemus under the hush of midnight, the familiar Gospel flips into a living mystery — one that begins with water, but is completed by an invisible wind. Picture the Pharisee approaching the Teacher under starlight, baffled by language of birth and spirit. Jesus answers not with doctrine but with images — water breaking, an unseen wind, and a new birth that cannot be photographed but whose effects can be seen. What begins as a theological puzzle becomes an intimate portrait of how God brings a new, spiritual person into being. Then the story accelerates to Pentecost — a tornado of sound and tongues of fire — when heaven’s wind finally touches earth and the Gospel becomes fertile seed. Steve shows how that first rushing wind set in motion a chain of spiritual births: every proclamation of the good news that is believed becomes an act of spiritual conception. The Gospel doesn’t merely inform. It impregnates. Using Paul as our witness — the missionary who could honestly say, "I fathered you through the Gospel" — the episode reveals the hard, loving labor of spiritual formation: the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in us. Steve draws out the startling image of spiritual sperm, imperishable seed, and a child of God who is inwardly transformed, alive with Christ’s mind and power. That inner transformation matters because we house two realities: a visible human person and an invisible spiritual person. Only the spiritual man bears the true treasures Jesus taught us to store in heaven. The episode unpacks how our good works, discernment, and the power to live differently flow from the Spirit living inside us — not from our flesh or upbringing. The stakes are eternal. This podcast episode folds biblical insight into a vivid narrative that moves from midnight questions to Pentecostal wind, from intimate conception to the marketplace of daily life, urging listeners to choose the life that lasts beyond the mist of this world. Steve’s voice is both pastoral and urgent: come back, listen closely, and let these truths rearrange how you live and what you invest for all eternity. Close with an invitation: return for the next installments, let the Spirit sharpen your spiritual eyes and ears, and discover how to store up treasures in heaven. Find more episodes and revelation at guardinggrace.com — and be prepared to meet the new person you have become.

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June 11, 2026

Born Again or Saved? The Provocative Claim That Starts a Fire

On a quiet night a respected Pharisee slips through the darkness to meet a teacher who will turn his world upside down. In this episode the host opens with a bold, unsettling thesis: the words "saved" and "born again" are not the same. That one claim sparks a heartfelt, urgent exploration — not to wound, but to illuminate the Gospel’s deepest imagery. Through storytelling, scripture, and personal invitation, the episode revisits the first-ever explanation of the new birth — Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3. Picture the hush of midnight, the urgency in Jesus’ voice as he says, "You must be born again," and the paradox he gives Nicodemus: what is invisible can change the visible. Flesh gives birth to flesh; spirit gives birth to spirit. The wind blows where it wills — you hear its effect but cannot see its source. The host walks listeners through the shock of that revelation, teasing the larger framework of the New Covenant: multiple kinds of salvation in scripture, the surprising absence of the modern “saved from hell” narrative in many New Testament passages, and the single, focused meaning behind "born again." Using John 3 as a master key, the episode traces how belief in Christ unlocks an inward, spiritual birth — an invisible shift that reshapes sight, entry into God’s kingdom, and the very language Christians use about faith. Expect gentle but provocative questions that challenge comfortable assumptions, moments of biblical excavation that clarify hidden nuances, and an invitation to receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation. This is the opening of a series committed to simplifying the Bible by revealing how one phrase reframes the whole story of the gospel. Come back for the next episode: the host promises to mine John 3 for the full definition of being "born again," to calm the heat this conversation has started, and to lead listeners toward clearer vision, spiritual insight, and a renewed understanding of what it truly means to be part of God’s kingdom.

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June 3, 2026

Eyes of the Heart: Seeing Christ in Everyday Life

Pastor Steve explores how the Holy Spirit opens the eyes of our heart to recognize Christ at work within us and others. He explains the difference between human effort and spiritual life under the new covenant, emphasizing that true good comes from God in us, not from our flesh.Throughout the episode he cites scripture—John, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians—urging listeners to give God the credit for good deeds, store up treasures in heaven, and live with spiritual vision that sees the invisible kingdom at work.

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What is Guardians of Grace?

GUARDING The GRACE That Was Entrusted To The Apostles.

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